Suiti cultural space | Global Knowledge Systems

Overview

The Suiti are a small Catholic community in the Protestant (Lutheran) western part of Latvia. The Suiti cultural space is characterized by a number of distinct features, including vocal drone singing performed by Suiti women, wedding traditions, colourful traditional costumes, the Suiti language, local cuisine, religious traditions, celebrations of the annual cycle, and a remarkable number of folk songs, dances and melodies recorded in this community. Older forms of extended family structures are still common here, and such families, where the transfer of skills from generation to generation takes place, are important bastions of Suiti cultural heritage. The synthesis of pre-Christian traditions and religious rituals has created a unique blend of intangible cultural heritage in the Suiti community. The pillar of Suiti identity – the Catholic Church – successfully recovered following...

This record is imported from the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage public dataset as discovery metadata. ARED has not independently verified community authority, access protocols or local naming beyond the source record.

Community and Authority

Communities: Latvia
Languages: Not specified in UNESCO dataset
Cultural territories: Latvia
Countries: Latvia

How the System Works

Music, Performance and Oral Literature Language, Story and Memory Material Culture, Design and Technology Food, Agriculture and Seasonal Practice Ceremony, Spirituality and Cosmology Ways of Knowing and Knowledge Transmission

Sources and Evidence

Imported from UNESCO DataHub dataset ich001. Field-level provenance is retained in the record metadata.

UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage ListsDataset

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Field-Level Provenance

title: UNESCO DataHub field title_en
preferredTitle: UNESCO DataHub field title_fr
summary: UNESCO DataHub field description_en
type: UNESCO DataHub fields type_of_element_en and type_acronym
countries: UNESCO DataHub field countries, ISO codes resolved with ISO-3166 regional metadata
categories: ARED category inference from UNESCO concepts_primary_names, concepts_secondary_names and title
relationships: UNESCO concepts_primary_names, concepts_secondary_names, type fields and World Heritage links
sourceUrl: UNESCO DataHub field http_url_en
rights: UNESCO DataHub dataset metadata license and license_url

Original Source Metadata

uuid13aa1b9a-f07a-410f-a51e-294609a1e0cf

ich_public_ref314

inscription_year2009

title_enSuiti cultural space

title_frL’espace culturel des Suiti

type_of_element_enUrgent Safeguarding List

type_acronymUSL

countriesLV

http_url_enhttps://ich.unesco.org/en/USL/00314

concepts_primary_namesCultural space, Religious groups

concepts_secondary_namesCatholicism, Costumes, Family education, Food customs, Humour (literary), Improvisation, Instrumental music, Local languages, Polyphonic singing, Religious practice, Vocal music, Weaving, Wedding

main_image_urlhttps://ich.unesco.org/img/photo/thumb/01829-LRG.jpg

main_image_caption_enNot supplied

main_image_copyright2008 by Juris Lipsnis

main_image_authorNot supplied

videoshttps://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/R1T6BxnOgls

images[object Object], [object Object], [object Object]

Why This Record Is Credible

This public record is connected to 1 source and has been labelled Source Supported. ARED separates evidence sources from cultural authority so users can see both provenance and review limits.

Cultural Access

Use this as public discovery metadata only. It does not replace community authority or local access protocols.

Relationships

Cultural space Religious groups Catholicism Costumes Family education Food customs Humour (literary)Improvisation Instrumental music Local languages UNESCO urgent safeguarding list

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